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March 2015

March 23, 2015

Pope Francis Finally Gets His Pizza!

A few weeks ago, in an interview with the Mexican broadcaster Televisa, Pope Francis expressed his...

March 11, 2015

Pope Francis on a Possible Assassination Attempt: “I’m a Wimp When It Comes to Pain!”

If terrorists make good on their threat to attack Pope Francis, the pontiff says he...

March 01, 2015

Leaning Tower of Pizza? Romans Get a Laugh at ISIS’ Expense

Radicals from the Islamic State (ISIS) have threatened to overthrow Rome and toss homosexuals from...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

How Did Florence’s Medieval Builders Construct the World’s Biggest Dome?

The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (in English, the Basilica of St. Mary of the...

July 2014

July 24, 2014

Meriam Ibrahim Is Free, Plans Visit to Pope Francis

Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death for renouncing Islam, is...

July 13, 2014

No More Religious Processions in Calabria, After Unscheduled Mafia Salute

There will be no more religious processions in the southern Italian region of Calabria,...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

Italians Watch the Canonization in 3D Glasses

An amazing photo from Bergamo, the northern Italy town which was the birthplace of Pope...

April 24, 2014

OH NO! Crucifix Honoring JPII Breaks and Falls in Italy, Killing 21-Year-Old Man

A sad story out of northern Italy: The corpus of Christ has fallen from a...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

Protesters Threaten to Set Themselves on Fire in St. Peter’s Square

Two Italian men protesting Italy's economic crisis demanded an audience with Pope Francis, threatening to...

November 2013

November 14, 2013

Is Pope Francis’s Life in Danger?

This from the Catholic Herald, the London-based Roman Catholic newspaper: Pope Francis has angered crime...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

La Verna: St. Francis’ Hilltop Home-Away-From-Home

St. Francis, after whom our new pope is named, is most often associated with the...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Orvieto and the Feast of Corpus Christi

The town of Orvieto is an Etruscan city located in the scenic region of Umbria,...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

FOR THE GUY WHO HAS EVERYTHING: How About a GARGOYLE for Christmas?

Get them while you can: Milan’s Duomo, the Cathedral of Santa Maria Nascente, is putting...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

Two Mary’s! Giotto’s “Birth of the Virgin” Raises an Interesting Question

September 8 is the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary-- and I've got...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

Summer Snowfall Interrupted: Vandals Spoil the Fun at Rome Basilica

At the beginning of each of the ten videos in Fr. Robert Barron’s “Catholicism” series,...

May 2012

May 15, 2012

When St. Francis Needed to Get Away…

Pope Benedict was scheduled to make a pastoral visit to La Verna on May 13. ...

May 01, 2012

Hanno, the Pope’s “White Elephant”

White elephant (n.) an idiom for a valuable possession of which its owner cannot dispose,...

April 2012

April 14, 2012

The Brindellone: Florence’s “Burst of Cart” Heralds the Easter Season

The eleventh century was a difficult time for Christians in Europe. Muslims had conquered the...

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Michelangelo’s David – and the World’s Worst Toilet

Some days one idea catapults into another, with the result that the sublime slams headlong...

February 2012

February 11, 2012

Happy Birthday, Vatican City!

Who knew? On February 11, 1929, the Lateran Treaty was signed. (Actually, the Treaty was...

September 2011

September 14, 2011

Michelangelo’s David—and the World’s Worst Toilet

Some days one idea catapults into another, with the result that the sublime slams headlong...

May 2011

May 24, 2011

WAIT, I WASN’T DONE! Orvieto Sights and Shops

Yesterday, I told you a little about Orvieto, the quaint Umbrian city that overlooks the...

May 19, 2011

ROME, WITH A SMILE. It’s Different There.

First, a little laugh at my expense. I used to do conference and event planning. ...

May 01, 2011

TIRED FEET, WARM HEART. Present at the Beatification of Pope John Paul II!

Today I watched the sun rise over the Tiber River with a million of my...

April 2011

April 21, 2011

UPDATES Regarding the Vatican’s Blogger Meeting

The Pontifical Council for Social Communications has issued updates regarding the Meeting with Bloggers. (“It’s...

April 19, 2011

BECAUSE YOU ASKED: The List of Catholic Bloggers Invited to Rome

A couple of friends have asked me who is invited to the Vatican to attend...

December 2010

December 11, 2010

GILDING THE LILY: Milan's Duomo Has New Lights!

What a wonder it is! So grand, so solemn, so vast! And yet so delicate,...